Colorado § 26-2-706.5 Restrictions on length of participation - rules

Colorado Statutes

§ 26-2-706.5 — Restrictions on length of participation - rules

Colorado § 26-2-706.5

Title 26Human

Art.Public Assistance

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26-2-706.5 (2026).

Text

(1)Unless cash assistance is provided through segregated funds pursuant to federal law and section 26-2-714, as of June 3, 1997, each month of cash assistance received by an assistance unit that includes a specified caretaker who has received assistance under Title IV-A of the social security act, as amended, shall count toward that specified caretaker's sixty-month lifetime maximum of TANF benefits as established in federal law.

(2)Any month in which a specified caretaker is determined to be a disqualified or excluded person from a basic cash assistance grant shall count as a month of participation in the calculation of the specified caretaker's overall sixty-month lifetime maximum.

(3)(a) The county department shall, where available and applicable, provide for or refer a di

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(1) Unless cash
assistance is provided through segregated funds pursuant to federal law and
section 26-2-714, as of June 3, 1997, each month of cash assistance received by an
assistance unit that includes a specified caretaker who has received assistance
under Title IV-A of the social security act, as amended, shall count toward that
specified caretaker's sixty-month lifetime maximum of TANF benefits as
established in federal law.

(2) Any month in which a specified caretaker is determined to be a
disqualified or excluded person from a basic cash assistance grant shall count as a
month of participation in the calculation of the specified caretaker's overall sixty-month lifetime maximum.

(3) (a) The county department shall, where available and applicable, provide
for or refer a disqualified or excluded person to other appropriate services,
including services that may assist the person toward self-sufficiency.

(b) Nothing in this subsection (3) shall be construed to create any
entitlement for services or to require any county to expend resources in addition to
existing appropriations.

(4) No later than July 1, 2023, the state board shall promulgate rules:

(a) Establishing statewide standards and procedures that require counties to
offer extensions beyond the sixty-month lifetime maximum for all households that
demonstrate good cause, which includes, but is not limited to, an applicant or
participant who is:

(I) A child-only case;

(II) The head of a single parent household unit and has a child under one year
of age; or

(III) Experiencing hardship, as defined in rules promulgated by the state
board; and

(b) To address how the state will monitor extensions in relation to
requirements under the federal law.

Legislative History

Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 49, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 142, � 2, effective March 27. L. 2008: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1953, � 5, effective January 1, 2009. L. 2010: (1) and (2) amended, (SB 10-068), ch. 160, p. 551, � 4, effective January 1, 2011. L. 2022: (4) added, (HB 22-1259), ch. 348, p. 2481, � 4, effective June 3.